Friends of the California State Fair launches 2019-20 Scholarship Program
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- This week The Friends of the California State Fair announced the opening of its 2019-20 Scholarship Program, which will award scholarships to twenty-five students in the state of California.
The program offers scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $2,500 to help well-rounded and high achieving students pursue post-secondary education in a variety of academic disciplines. Scholarships are offered in 14 categories, including agriculture, art, business, culinary/hospitality/event management, education and more.
Applicants may only for one scholarship category of their choice per year and will be evaluated based on academics, community service and recommendations. In addition, applicants have the opportunity to highlight their involvement in school and volunteer activities - as well as explain the motivation behind their pursuit of a specific career path ? through a personal essay in the application.
"From my early exposure to agriculture through 4-H, it was impressed on me the importance of agriculture to the economy. As a thirteen-year-old, I started to research how my own rabbit program could make an impact abroad. I developed and delivered a state winning presentation on how rabbits could feed the world in a more sustainable fashion," said Katherine Albiani, recipient of last year's Blue Diamond International Scholarship, in her essay. "From this early interest, I began to see the possibilities of how I could impact both California and the international agriculture trade through a career that balances industry growth with sustainability."
Top scholarship winners in select categories may be invited to compete for the $5,000 Ironstone Concours Foundation Scholarship.
For the past 25 years, the Friends of the California State Fair Scholarship Program has awarded nearly $50,000 annually to California students pursuing post-secondary education. The program is a collaboration between the Friends of the California State Fair, the California Exposition and State Fair, the California State Fair Agricultural Advisory Council, the Ironstone Concours Foundation, Blue Diamond Growers and Western Fairs Association. The application deadline this year is February 28, 2019.
Learn more and apply at http://www.castatefair.org/scholarship/.
About the Friends of the California State Fair
The Friends of the California State Fair is a charitable, nonprofit, volunteer organization that
supports programs and education initiatives at the California Exposition State Fair. Since 1993, the Friends of the California State Fair have supported California students through their scholarship program.
About the California State Fair
Established in 1854, the California State Fair is dedicated as a place to celebrate California's achievements, industries, agriculture, and diversity of its people, traditions and trends that shape the Golden State's future.
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